Conflict Incident Report

1 Dead, 2 Hurt as Members of Jaafar Family Clash in al-Sharawneh

Date of incident:

June 21, 2015

Death toll:

1 person

Number of Injured:

2persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

One person was killed and two others were injured, including a soldier, in an armed clash Sunday between members of the Jaafar family in the Baalbek neighborhood of al-Sharawneh.

“A dispute between young men from the Jaafar family erupted into gunfire, which resulted in the death of Hassan Ali Hussein Jaafar, aka Hassan Dawra, and the wounding of another person from the Jaafar family,” state-run National News Agency reported.

The army later issued a statement saying a soldier was lightly injured as troops were trying to contain the clash.

“Army forces deployed in the area and restored normalcy,” the statement said, adding that troops were still “pursuing the shooters and those involved in the incident to arrest them and refer them to the relevant judicial authorities.”

The restive neighborhood of al-Sharawneh witnesses frequent clashes between the army and fugitives and between members of powerful Baalbek clans.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/182710

Primary category:

Brawl/Dispute

Secondary Category:

Shooting

Classification of conflict (primary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

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1 Dead, 2 Hurt as Members of Jaafar Family Clash in al-Sharawneh